Shares of electric vehicle (EV) stocks Nio (NYSE: NIO), Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID), and Lordstown Motors (NASDAQ: RIDE) fell on Wednesday, down 5.1%, 3.6%, and 4.9%, respectively, as of 2:17 p.m. EDT.

There wasn't much company-specific news today. In fact, with the OPEC+ nations agreeing on cuts of 2 million barrels per day today, that just made EVs more desirable, all else being equal.

But young up-and-coming EV makers are in a capital-intensive business, which might require raising more money before meaningful revenue comes in. And the cost of that capital went up today, after two days of declines.

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